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Originally Posted by lpp

Thanks, Roberto!

Welcome
Also some posts ( not only my posts ) in the thread What kind of razor do you use?? all gone.
I have noticed this because i had almost 5.500 posts and now my posts are 5.026
And where is " OFF TOPIC" ???
Cheers

Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes

Re: Welcome Home!

Originally Posted by hawk

What happened to this site? Why did you go with huddler and now back to vbulletin ?

That's what I would like to know. This site is already slower than the previous new site...don't like it. If this site gets the regular 'clogs' it used to have..not sure I'd wanna spend too much time here. It already seems 'cloggy' by running a bit slow.

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Love having the vintage Basenotes back! Re formulation wasn't kind to Basenotes, Lol. Dated or not, this layout is much easier and user friendly. I'll even accept the slower response just to have our old layout back. Great job & thanks for listening to everyone who missed the original layout.

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I miss the ability to read a few words of the last post on each thread, and who posted it, so I can decide whether to go there or not. Now I have to open the thread and go all the way to the bottom just to read whether I would have been interested.

However, running this website is no easy task for Grant and his team and I thank them for this. He is doing what he feels best for everyone, given parameters or cost, time, etc. and so, solider on Grant and the Basenotes team and thank you!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by finsfan

I miss the ability to read a few words of the last post on each thread, and who posted it, so I can decide whether to go there or not. Now I have to open the thread and go all the way to the bottom just to read whether I would have been interested.

Re: Welcome Home!

Originally Posted by finsfan

I miss the ability to read a few words of the last post on each thread, and who posted it, so I can decide whether to go there or not. Now I have to open the thread and go all the way to the bottom just to read whether I would have been interested!

Feel free to post this as a feature request in the tech,bugs,feature request board. I can certainly look into this once we get straight.

Re: Welcome Home!

Originally Posted by kalli

Yup, +1

Why the move?

kalli, didn't you notice the state of the directory on the huddler site? It never got updated because the functionality wasn't any good. And Basenotes is nothing but a glorified chat site if the directory doesn't work.

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There is no cure for curiosity."
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Off topic seemed to be generating a huge amount of traffic compared to the actual fragrance forums. When I would check new posts before it seemed like about 90% of posts were off topic. I'd have to scroll down a good ways before finding a post that's actually about fragrance.

I come here to discuss perfume. I would much rather have a slightly outdated but fit for purpose Basenotes than a modern generic one that can handle enormous amounts of off topic chit chat.

If cutting out all the off topic traffic makes the old site run faster, that's enough reason to do it. I'm happy to see it go.

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This is great Aside the missing Huddler data and the pics of frags in the database, I only have one "issue" and I wouldn't call it that - entire list of all frags and how many times they were worn by the entire community. For now I really like the look and the feel of it! Great work and do continue the evolution of the site!

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You're all doing a good job, and thanks for your dedication to keeping the site running as well as possible.

I have just two minor quibbles about the new/old site:
- Speed: I'm hoping that this will improve once all the data is reloaded, as I'm really missing the zip of the Hudder site at the moment.
- Visuals: The old site is so much busier. It's actually harder to locate the posts themselves amongst all the other stuff going on. The older site was slicker, airier and more legible. Are there plans to introduce different 'skins', so that we can to some extent customize its appearance?

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Originally Posted by Redneck Perfumisto

I'm happy to be back online with BN - first and foremost. Like returning to my wardrobe, signature, blog, and AUTO-SAVE. It's a bit slow, but I'm OK with that. Looking forward to some new things that couldn't be done at Huddler.

No small amount of thanks to the mod team - you guys have been through a lot and are still friendly helpful and full of fragrant enthusiasm. Virtual hugs, pats on the back and chinking glasses all round

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Originally Posted by furrypine

kalli, didn't you notice the state of the directory on the huddler site? It never got updated because the functionality wasn't any good. And Basenotes is nothing but a glorified chat site if the directory doesn't work.

I am really in the minority I guess but I didn't use the directory much, mainly cause it didn't seem up-to-date(?)and often couldn't find frags I was looking for. True with either this layout or Huddler. I would start to add to my wishlist/test list/wardrobe and get stumped cause I couldn't find some frags there. I am not sure of the functionality to a t from this layout as opposed to the other, cause I guess I didn't spend much time there. I think I did notice a lack of note pyramids on Huddler? And no search by note? Not sure. I'd love a directory that was up to date(I haven't been on the directories much, like I said, so I don't know if it's been more updated as of late). I would read reviews though. If getting rid of the off topic threads means more of an updated directory, well that would be pretty cool I guess.. but I'd still like ot topics too.

The traffic over on the FDF is all but non-existent except for the SOTD thread...so the off-topic forums were a nice bonus..but that's just me. Others may see it differently.

I do, however, like the random button. I already added one on my test list cause of that thing.

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Originally Posted by kalli

Can all Aventus threads be deemed 'off topic'?. j/k.

LOL!

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Originally Posted by Kaern

How do I use/ access the smileys now? I may need counselling

There is a smiley button at the top of the text box for answering posts. It will take you through a quickie pop-up to a more full-featured one, with all the smileys. But the thing I like is that I can just type them inline, such as <colon> b e e r <colon>, which gives . So just type the abbreviations and you can really move along fast.

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It's possible to sign up for varying frequencies or disable them in our settings, kumquat.
Go to 'settings' - 'My Account' (in sidebar) - 'General Settings' - 'Messaging & Notification', where there is a drop down that may be altered, then save changes at the bottom of the page.

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Originally Posted by BrianH1016

Love having the vintage Basenotes back! Re formulation wasn't kind to Basenotes, Lol. Dated or not, this layout is much easier and user friendly. I'll even accept the slower response just to have our old layout back. Great job & thanks for listening to everyone who missed the original layout.